Monday, April 28, 2008

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

—George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

One time when I was around ten, I went home from school, went in the backyard, and my father was there. And he said, ‘Well, Ralph, what did you learn in school today? Did you learn how to believe, or did you learn how to think?’”

Sunday, April 27, 2008

On education: Spend so much time teaching students to use computers but we don't teach kids how to shop for their maximum health safety and economic well-being... what's the point of earning money if you're just going to lose it to corporate scams?On activism: You want a better country, you've got to spend more of your time more time away from american idol, and more time on your members of Congress. We're millions of people, but corporations don't have a single vote,...more...

Monday, April 21, 2008

By: Crystal JacksonCrystal, the student at DePaul University wrote this short short story in Winter 2008 for my Creative Writing class.

Toy sat and watched the roach on the wall lay still. She knew it was trying not to be noticed and she wished she too could descent into obscurity. Toy knew her mother would cry when she gave her the news. A year earlier she'd done the same thing. Waited until it was almost too late. Wishing it would just go away.

"I need some money Momma!" said Toy later that evening. "For what?" replied Janice. Toy hesitated and eventually blurted out, "I'm pregnant." Just as she'd predicted her mother began to cry. What she did not predict was the screaming match that ensued and Janice yelling, "You keepin' this one!" Janice's words were final. Even through the crack-filled haze she was often in, Janice never surrendered her authority to be the final decision maker in the household.

With these words Toy thought her only options were to prostitute herself or become a parent at fifteen. She'd thought of getting the money from the baby's father but wasn't really sure who that was.

Monday, April 14, 2008

"When danger looms, ignorance is not bliss. Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet defines a new benchmark for understanding the perilous complexities of strategic natural resources and how they shape the modern world. Klare articulates his message with sober honesty and appropriate urgency. If knowledge is power, it is also empowering; let us use this information to rekindle hope and commit to action, vigorously adopting the practical and profitable solutions that already do exist."—Amory B. Lovins, author of Winning the Oil Endgame

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Woman, woman, woman, woman.......John Lennon on Woman".......................................................Woman I know you understandThe little child inside of the manPlease remember my life is in your handsAnd woman hold me close to your heart..."

And Four Women by Nina Simone"..........................................My skin is brownAnd my manner is toughIll kill the first mother I seeCos my life has been too roughIm awfully bitter these daysBecause my parents were slavesWhat do they call meMyNameIsPeaches"

And the body of a woman.....revives the crying wolf inside you....And the beauty of .... Sophia Loren....

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Don't we need to dream? Don't we need to dilute the graveness of reality by dreaming the dream even though we know it's just a dream?No..no..no..no..don't think it's funny!...reality smells like the raw, bloody meat in a slaughterhouse! We need to breath the erotic smell of fresh naked green grass....

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

SEN. HILLARY CLINTON: I have been outlining plans as to what we can and must do to begin bringing our sons and daughters home. I am convinced that we can start within sixty days and do it in a responsible and careful manner, recognizing that the Iraqi government has to take responsibility for its own future, that we have given them the precious gift of freedom, and it is up to them to decide whether or not they will use it. But we cannot win their civil war. Read more ...